Oil-can holder



June 12, 1923. 1,458,609

c. w. BECK OIL CAN HOLDER Filed Feb. 17 1919 Patented June 12, 1923.

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or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION or MICHIGAN.

OIL-CAN HOLDER.

Application filed February 17, 1919. Serial No. 277,391.

1 0 aZZ'whom-t may concern: I

Be it known that I, CHARLES IV. BECK, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State oi Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Can Holders, of which the following. is specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings. I

My invention relates to holders for oil cans or the likeand residesin. the provision of a simple construction of a holder that may be easily and cheaply manufactured; in the provision of a holder that will readily adjust itself to the CELlIfiIlCl which is so' constructed as to firmly hold the bearings and the holder in contact, so as to prevent rattling. Further, in the provision of a simple construction or holder by which the can will be retained against accidental displacement.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation showing the oil can in engagement with the holder, and

Figure 3 is a bottom view of the holder; the normal position of the oil can engaging member being shown in full lines and one of its positions of angular adjustment in dash lines.

In these views, A designates an attaching section having apertures B therein for receiving securing screws or the like to mount said section upon a suitable support. The member A. is integrally formed at one side thereof with a forwardly! projecting tongue 0, upon which is carried a supporting section D in the form of a wide, flat plate resting at its rear endupon said tongue and pivotally secured thereto as indicated at E. The rear edge of the plate D is slightly rounded as indicated at E at the side adjacent the pivot E so as to afford the necessary clearance to permit swinging of said plate. F and G are lugs struck out from the lower edge of the section A and from the plate D respectively, and H is a spring having its ends respectively connected to said lugs to hold the supporting plate D nor- I mally against the member A, but permitting saidsupporting plate to be swung upon the pivot E as shown in Figure 3.

I is a retaining projection orlugstruck out of the plate A and bowed forwardly out of the plane of said plate. At the forward end of the plate D is aretaining section preferably comprising spaced upturned lugs M and which are slightly bent toward the plate A, and saidlugs, as well as the projecv tion I, are so shaped and proportioned as to engage over the flared portion 0 at the base of the can P, as shown in Figure 2. When the can is in engagement with the holder, it is arranged as shown, in Figure I 2.

In thi's'position the spring H acts to yield ably draw the lugs d and N towards the one side thereof. Since thelower or free end of the lug I is somewhat rounded, it is merely necessary to lift the can upwardly in removing the same from the holder and the projection I will effect a gradual rocking of the member D about its pivot E, thereby moving the lugs M and N away from said projection and allowing the can to be withdrawn. To engage the can its edge is first engaged with the lugs M and N and then the can is moved downward into engagement with the lug I. Since the latter is rounded, it will cause a rocking of the member D upon its pivot until the edge of the can has passed below the'lug I. The springs H will their cause the lugs M, N and I to yieldably engage the can. As will be readily apparent, the spring H will take up any play between the lugs and the can,

thereby preventing rattling.

In theconstruction described, the oil can holder is not only provided with suitable retaining lugs for engaging the can, but also has resilient means for taking up any play between the lugs and the periphery of the can, so as to prevent rattling.

This application is an improvementupon the oil can holder shown in applicants Pat ent 1,297,435, issued March 18, 1919.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a holder for oil cans or the like, the combination with an attaching plate, of a supporting plate pivoted thereupon and extending substantially at a right angle therewith, a spring connecting said plates acting to move the supporting plate toward the attaching plate, a tongue struck-out of the at- .70 lug I, since the plate D is pivoted adj acent tachng plate at the side thereof against which the supporting plate abuts,v and a projection upon the supporting plate coacting with said tongue to engage an article resting upon the supporting plate.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with an attaching plate, of

a supporting plate'pivoted thereupon and- ,extending substantially at a right angle therewith, a spring connecting said plates urging the supporting plate toward the attaching plate, a tongue struck-out of the attaching plate, and a projection upon the supporting plate for acting with said tongue to engage an article upon the supporting plate.

3. Ina device of the character described,

the combination with an attaching plate, of

a supporting plate mounted thereupon and extending substantially at a right angle therewith, and movable to or from said sup porting plate, a spring urging the supporting Zontal plate for supporting an article, of a securing: plate for the supporting plate extending above the latter and forming substantially a right angle therewith, means pivotally mounting the supporting plate upon the securing plate, a spring urging the supporting plate pivotally toward the securing plate, and an upstanding projection upon the supporting plate remote from the securing plate and co acting directly with said plate to retain the supported article.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with a relatively transverse supporting plate and securing plate, means pivotally mounting the former upon the latter, the pivot being adjacent t-hesecuring plate and adjacent the lateral edge of the supporting plate, a corner of the supporting plate adjacent the pivot being cut away to avoid interference by thesecurin'g plate with pivotal movement of the supporting plate, a spring urgingthe supporting plate toward the-securing. plate, and an upstandingprojectionupon the supporting plate co-acting with the securing plate to retain an article upon the supporting plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature CHAS. W; BECK. 

